OMG SoCalSis my exact thoughts too! Gerald McBoing Boing! When I was a kid (6 ish) I had an imaginary goat with that name. I think it was some kind of .. cartoon? song? from the 40s or something. Anyway. HERE HE IS in the floofffy flesh!

MisDirection: I’ll admit that I was put off (dare I say irritated?) by the obvious anti-religion bent of a majority of the posters (made by someone who is clearly very impressed with their own wit). However, that was because I was expecting more posters along the lines of the adorable Mr. McSproingersons – not to be beat over the head with “Religion sucks and so do you if you believe in God”. So, I simply rolled my eyes and did not look at any more of the posters … While I am not opposed to free thinking (everyone has a right to their opinion)- I was unaware that it was twin to anti-religious sentiment…

@skeeksmom: I agree. I don’t think that freethinking was always synomymous with hard line atheism, but it seems that way nowadays. Notammi- My comment was more directed at Mis Direction and the link than the fluffy sheep which I thought was funny.

Sproing Sproing Dr. Floaty McLamb Here. I just want you to sit back take a deep breath and picture your self in a green green meadow with clouds floating by in the sky and you are playing bounce with some other lambs. Now then In your mind go Sproing , Sproing and feel yourself float above the meadow.
There now don’t you feel better, forget about rude people and work for a moment. You are just having fun with all your very best Lamby Friends.
Sproing. Sproing… Dr. Floaty McLamb peace and tranquility expert. DLH.(Doctor of Lamby Hijinks), PPTS (Professor of Peace and Tranquility)

For the people irritated by the other “motivational” posters. Don’t waste your energy trying to speak reasonably to those that feel faith and critical thinking are diametrically opposed. Trust me, it won’t do any good.

Just kick back and enjoy the irony of them calling people of faith “close-minded” and “illogical.”

I wish I hadn’t looked at the other posters, because it spoils the joy of this one (which is also borderline offensive, taken in context with the rest of them). I will do my best to forget them and just ooh and ahh at the precious little lambie.

Heh, I would love to go leaping/floating with this little lamb. Actually, I’d like to be the Little Bo Peep to a whole flock of hover-lambs. I would lead them in synchronized flying routines, and we’d be world famous and receive all kinds of money, which we’d donate to animal shelters (naturellement).

Gee, I don’t know why anyone would be annoyed after you basically tricked them into going to a site that attacks their sacred beliefs and basically blames their faith for all the evils of the world.

I mean, if showing a cute baby goat on a site called CuteOverload and then saying, “You think THIS is motivating, check out ALL the motivayshe-shons-al posters! Office-licious find, Teho!” only to have them open a page full of blasphemies isn’t grounds for annoyance, I don’t know what is.

The best is then Theo berating a poster for vocalizing their displeasure and warning others.

I’m sorry, but I need to comment on this – if you need to delete this, Teoh, I understand.

I’d like to apologize on behalf of all of us atheists who believe religion or lack thereof is a personal choice, that sweeping generalizations are rarely valid, and that a key feature of being an atheist without looking like an idiot is making sure you don’t emulate radical religion.

Space Cowgirl — that “FreeThoughtPedia” thing is somebody else’s website, which we found via yet another unrelated website. We just like the floaty lamb. (OK, we really like the floaty lamb.) Neither of these external websites represent the beliefs of Cute Overload or its responsible parties.

And to my mind, this is the sort of thing that should be plain and obvious to everybody. (yeah, I said “should”, which is nearly as bad as “assume”)

Teoh, I’m not sure where you’re getting that I thought CO endorses/shares FreeThoughtPedia’s beliefs. Nor am I trying to say credit shouldn’t be given because they appear to be a bunch of loons. I’m genuinely apologizing as for the behavior of my fellow atheists *as an atheist*.

I may not post often, but I lurk here several times daily. Out of everything I do on the Internet (my job, moderating the forums/policing in-game for a private Ragnarok Online server), the denizens of CO are certainly the most calm, adjusted, good-natured, intelligent people I encounter.

Space Cowgirl, I don’t think Theo was criticizing you or implying that you thought CO agreed with the sentiments on the website. I think he was simply making a general observation that giving credit to the source of a photo shouldn’t be construed as endorsement of any external website.

(Although I definitely prefer the current, less enthusiastic credit line to the one that was there before.)

[She’s right, SC; I have no problems with anything you or AuntieM are saying here… – Ed.]

Lambies are some of the cutest and after all the hub-bub, I JUST had to check out the other posters and they are effing hi-larious. The YMCA one, especially. Are they somewhat rude, yup! Are they funny, heck yeah. Did I agree with all of them? Nope, I’m a Wiccan and we “pray” but the rest are to die for….

Yup, looks like anti-physics to me. I’m not even going to look at the other posters (yay for bad internet!) because a) apparently they don’t have lambs, and b)I do not wish to spoil my good mood this morning.

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How disappointing.
I go to see more cute motivational posters & am bombarded with anti-religion “free thinking” posters.
Did the creator of those posters ever think that maybe having faith is PART of free thinking?
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seriously? SERIOUSLY? How did you peeps turn this into a religion debate? It’s a motivational pic meant to say that you can overcome your obstacles. Gravitational theory is neither a religious nor anti-religious concept. Religion does not shun all science. Some shy away from it, and some embrace it, but that isn’t relevant BECAUSE IT’S ONLY TALKING ABOUT GRAVITY!!! I agree with T[Ed.] – it’s a physics joke, peeps.

@brinnann: Yes, it’s a physics joke… but it’s also a joke on the Intelligent Design proponents. They are telling people that Evolution is “only a theory”, playing on the colloquial meaning of the word and deliberately corrupting its scientific meaning.

Although I didn’t like many of the posters on the linked site, this one is actually very smart, and I fully agree with its point.

It’s actually called PRONKING? Pronk sounds like a ram with an air horn on his head. PRONK! PRONK! Get out of my way!

Sproing is definitely the correct word for what this cute lamby is doing.

It also makes me think of the Bert and Ernie skit where Ernie is going to Dance Myself to Sleep (then he tap dances, plays the trumpet, and the lambies dance with him, while Bert has a meltdown!!!!) One of my favorite B&E skits ever!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AihWK5On7tc

MomOf2, can you imagine having to explain to people what your shirt means? Lol, that’d be great! “Pa-sickie? Well, technically it means popsicle. Bleen? Um, well, TEHO says…” That alone would be worth wearing it! But I already ordered a pink hammiepants shirt (btw, any news on when we’ll get those?), so I want another color. Maybe a pretty, pale blue?

Laurie, once upon a time people who had the first comment on a post would just shout “FIRST!” without leaving any actual comment. Teho started replacing it with “bleen,” but his attempt to deter us backfired. It became a word that was all-encompassing in some ways, being substituted anywhere we could manage it. If you look it up in the CO Glossary, there’s not a definition anymore.

Mo2k: I mentioned something similar on the April 1 hammiepants tee post. It would be great!

Turbofloof: I read that post just recently and I saw you posted a comment about being in Austin. I’m just a few hours away, in Beaumont, so if I happen to make a trip up there I’ll be sure to wear my hammiepants shirt! If you see me, say “O hai!” Or “bleen” LOL!!!!

Kris, I love that skit as well. Poor Bert, at the end when the sheep carry him outside… it’s funny, because I see myself in both the free-spirited Ernie and the neurotic Bert. Kind of like how my two favourite Winnine-The-Pooh characters are Tigger and Rabbit.

There are people who actually think these are REAL motivational posters, and not spoofs on the motivational-poster concept? Have you only had access to the internet since last week? Hee… I’ve got a video I want to show you, and it’s totally not Rick Astley. I swear.

FYI Gerald McBoingBoing was an advertising cartoon character (late 1950’s, I don’t know exactly which year) who could make lots of different sounds, realistically. I think he was advertising a soft drink.

Also FYI I once heard that zoologists call that activity “stotting”. Couldn’t swear to it, recommend the dictionary to check.

I grew up on a “hobby farm”, we had three sheep and new lambs each spring. Lambs can run and jump very soon after birth, no more than a few days at most. In the wild I assume it helped them get away from wolves. (Yes, sheep were once wild; I expect our domestic breeds are stupider and make a lot more wool.)

Domestic sheep are stupid, but they have distinct individual personalities. Hard to see when you have a large flock, because the crowd psychology dominates them totally. When you have only three, their personalities show. I read that sheep can recognize and remember up to 60 distinct sheep faces. So even in a flock, they have some kind of social life, they keep track of each other.

While I would know what a t-shirt sporting “Pa-sickie is the new Bleen” would mean; I wouldn’t be caught dead in one. Cute animals pwn cute humans ANY DAY. There are plenty of cute animal options that could be EXCELLENT t-shirts tho!! :D